:00:02. > :00:04.Hello, welcome to Midlands Today with Mary Rhodes and Nick Owen. The
:00:04. > :00:07.headlines tonight. Pumping up the prices, petrol
:00:07. > :00:17.stations cash in as supplies run low following a week of queues and
:00:17. > :00:18.
:00:18. > :00:21.misery. It's ridiculous, people are clearing places out. It's the
:00:21. > :00:25.Easter holidays, I am of the the children, doing stuff, so I would
:00:25. > :00:30.rather not run out. A Labour big hitter makes jobs his
:00:30. > :00:33.priority as the race hots up to become Birmingham's first directly
:00:33. > :00:38.elected mayor. I believe it is time. Our city to come together like
:00:38. > :00:44.never before. Shock as the dead-ball world as the
:00:44. > :00:47.Aston Villa captain Stilyan Petrov is diagnosed with acute leukaemia.
:00:47. > :00:57.An Spaghetti Junction from the air, but this weekend, you can see it
:00:57. > :00:58.
:00:59. > :01:02.from a different angle, lying on Good evening, welcome to Friday's
:01:02. > :01:05.Midlands Today from the BBC. Tonight, prices at the pumps rise
:01:06. > :01:11.to record levels as fuel supplies run low following a week of misery
:01:11. > :01:14.for motorists. The tanker drivers' strike may be off for now, but the
:01:15. > :01:18.aftermath of the rush to top up was being felt across the Midlands this
:01:18. > :01:22.evening. Some garages have been emptied of petrol and diesel while
:01:22. > :01:25.others are close to running dry, after a huge surge in demand. The
:01:25. > :01:28.worst now seems to be over but tonight one garage in Birmingham
:01:29. > :01:38.hiked its prices to nearly �1.59 for a litre of unleaded amid fears
:01:38. > :01:43.about profiteering. Ben Godfrey has this report.
:01:43. > :01:50.Is this a sign of things to come? A petrol station in Perry Barr today
:01:50. > :01:57.charging almost �1.64 diesel -- one has 60, for diesel and unleaded.
:01:57. > :02:02.Yesterday, it was around �1.59. -- �1.49. The attendant could not
:02:03. > :02:06.explain the prices, the manager was not available. It is connected to
:02:07. > :02:10.the apparent rush of petrol? For a snapshot of forecourts in the West
:02:10. > :02:14.Midlands, we joined the morning commute between Dudley and
:02:15. > :02:20.Birmingham. It is not often you see traffic control at a petrol station
:02:20. > :02:23.but these are unusual times. Last night, queues stretched for miles
:02:23. > :02:28.outside the Studley supermarket, but this morning, commuters were in
:02:28. > :02:32.luck. A tanker had delivered at dawn. We have had certain spikes at
:02:32. > :02:37.busy times where we have had people supporting the traffic flow. In the
:02:37. > :02:43.main, nothing not manageable. we headed to Aldbury. This debt of
:02:43. > :02:47.the strike might have receded, but big queues were still forming.
:02:47. > :02:51.red light came on so I do need petrels. It is the Easter holidays,
:02:51. > :02:56.I am with the children doing stuff, I would rather not have run out.
:02:56. > :02:59.is ridiculous, people cleaning paces out. Two miles away on the
:02:59. > :03:03.new Birmingham Road, the mayor lorry driver Mike Gallagher. He
:03:04. > :03:10.only makes short journeys but is included -- increasingly frustrated
:03:11. > :03:17.at motorists. It is �700 worth of these will, if they're all cars, it
:03:17. > :03:22.takes ages, you cannot get 10. we have seen on our Knut is much
:03:22. > :03:27.longer queues forming at the places where people think they can get a
:03:27. > :03:32.cheaper tank of fuel, supermarkets. Private garages are seeing a good
:03:32. > :03:37.trade but no different to a normal Friday. In Birmingham city centre,
:03:37. > :03:40.a mixed picture. Some pumps drained of diesel and regular unleaded.
:03:41. > :03:45.Those stations without supplies say they are confident they will
:03:45. > :03:49.receive top pubs throughout the weekend.
:03:49. > :03:57.-- pop-ups. What has business be light at the Orrell depot where you
:03:57. > :04:01.are? This is Birmingham fuel oils, a family-run company, which has
:04:01. > :04:06.capitalised this month on the panic at the pumps. We have had drivers
:04:06. > :04:10.coming down from Scotland to collect tanks of diesel. Let's talk
:04:10. > :04:14.to be Lee Cattermole from the company, what impact has had on
:04:14. > :04:18.business? A big impact, we have bought more fuel than we normally
:04:18. > :04:23.would, three times as much. Just to supply to more customers than what
:04:23. > :04:27.we would normally. We have kept everyone going, all our customers,
:04:27. > :04:31.and taken on new customers and they are happy. We are being told there
:04:31. > :04:37.is plenty of oil out there, but people have panicked this week. Do
:04:37. > :04:40.you have any sympathy for the motorists? Big sympathy. Fuel is
:04:40. > :04:48.expensive and motorists have had to double up on their fuel allowance
:04:48. > :04:55.into their cars, people are buying �20, they will have to pockets to
:04:55. > :04:59.get �40. Your drivers are not in the United union which is in the
:04:59. > :05:05.disputes with the government. A forecourt in Birmingham, �1.59,
:05:05. > :05:11.what do you make of that? I do not agree with that, they will get none
:05:11. > :05:14.of the total from their customers. We have put hours up by a a couple
:05:14. > :05:21.of pence to cover drivers' hours. - - they will get no loyalty from
:05:21. > :05:26.their customers. He David Cameron has today tried to call on the
:05:26. > :05:30.union unite to cancel the strikes or together, they say they will not
:05:30. > :05:33.happen over Easter. And do let us know the latest fuel situation
:05:33. > :05:37.where you are and if prices are going up. Get in touch via our
:05:37. > :05:41.Facebook page or you can email us. Thanks for joining us this evening.
:05:41. > :05:43.Later in tonight's programme: More on the shock news that the
:05:43. > :05:52.Aston Villa captain Stilyan Petrov has been diagnosed with acute
:05:52. > :05:55.One of the region's big hitting politicians has entered the race to
:05:55. > :05:58.become Birmingham's first directly elected Mayor. Liam Byrne was a
:05:58. > :06:02.senior member of the last Labour government, where he held the job
:06:02. > :06:07.as second in command to the Chancellor. Now he's preparing to
:06:07. > :06:09.quit the shadow Cabinet for a new challenge in the second city.
:06:09. > :06:16.Joanne Writtle is outside the Council House in the city centre
:06:17. > :06:22.now. What did Mr Byrne have to say today, Joanne? It was all quite a
:06:22. > :06:25.fanfare, he staged a carefully managed press call to declare his
:06:25. > :06:35.intention of becoming mayor. His bid his message was that he wanted
:06:35. > :06:37.to get the city working. His mantra, he said, was Dobbs, jobs, jobs.
:06:37. > :06:42.The shadow Work and Pensions Secretary emerged with a former
:06:42. > :06:46.council leader Sir Albert Bore, and his wife and children. The somewhat,
:06:46. > :06:53.what am as fit as he threw himself forward to stand as Durman and's
:06:53. > :06:59.Meyer, -- the somewhat carnival atmosphere as he put himself
:06:59. > :07:03.forward to stand as Birmingham's mayor. We need the mayor to look --
:07:03. > :07:07.unlock our potential, and get a few things sorted like getting a city
:07:08. > :07:12.back to work. Sir Albert Bore had originally expressed an interest in
:07:12. > :07:22.the job himself, but will now drawing surface in -- with Liam
:07:22. > :07:23.
:07:23. > :07:30.Byrne. They state -- other people want to get the new nomination.
:07:30. > :07:35.will also support to those who will be elected as the nomination, that
:07:35. > :07:39.is the Labour Party. I have thrown my hat alongside that of Liam Byrne.
:07:39. > :07:43.There is no doubt, with a political big hitter throwing his hat into
:07:43. > :07:48.the ring, the race to become Birmingham's first elected mayor is
:07:48. > :07:52.hotting up. But before anything can happen, a referendum on whether
:07:52. > :07:56.people actually want a mayor in Birmingham and Coventry will be
:07:56. > :08:01.held in May. Conservative leader of Birmingham City Council Mike Whitby
:08:01. > :08:05.is now said to be warming to the idea, and is seen as the most
:08:05. > :08:09.likely Tory candidate. Meanwhile the Liberal Democrat idea it -- MP
:08:09. > :08:13.John Hemmings said this. The issue as to whether we should have these
:08:13. > :08:17.powers concentrated into one individual is open to people to
:08:17. > :08:22.decide. Do we want a dictator for Birmingham or a more democratic
:08:22. > :08:26.system, which involves more people? Despite that, John Hemmings said he
:08:26. > :08:30.may be interested in the job if there is a yes vote. When Labour
:08:30. > :08:33.lost the general election, Liam Byrne hit headlines with his note
:08:33. > :08:40.to the new chief secretary to the Treasury declaring there is no
:08:40. > :08:43.money left. Ironic that if he becomes mayor, it will be in a year
:08:43. > :08:47.whether City Council grapples to save �62 million.
:08:47. > :08:54.There is a long road ahead before anyone get close to becoming mayor,
:08:54. > :08:57.if at all. 11 cities are having referendums, Birmingham and City --
:08:57. > :09:02.commentary in the Midlands, batted on May 3rd, the day of the local
:09:02. > :09:09.elections. If people say they want a mayor, there will be a tough
:09:09. > :09:12.nomination battle. A fight among Labour in this city with Liam Byrne,
:09:13. > :09:16.Gisella Stuart and Sion Simon are fighting it out. It all culminates
:09:16. > :09:22.in what is being dubbed a super Thursday on 15th November, when
:09:22. > :09:25.people would go to the polls to elect a mayor, and also the new
:09:25. > :09:28.Police Commissioner's. They would be replacing the current police
:09:28. > :09:31.authorities. The funeral of a Worcestershire
:09:31. > :09:34.schoolboy who died during a rugby match has taken place in his home
:09:34. > :09:39.village this morning. Luke Chapman, who was 15 and attended Heybridge
:09:39. > :09:41.High School in Hagley, died just over a week ago. This morning
:09:41. > :09:46.pupils, teachers and members of the public lined the village High
:09:46. > :09:50.Street to pay tribute to him as the cortege passed by.
:09:50. > :09:53.260 jobs are to be created by a new restaurant, hotel and cinema
:09:53. > :09:55.development in the centre of Telford in Shropshire. The �250
:09:56. > :10:02.million Southwater Square project will include an 11-screen Cineworld
:10:02. > :10:05.cinema, a Premier Inn Hotel and a number of well known restaurants.
:10:05. > :10:12.Work is due to start on site in the summer and it's expected to be
:10:12. > :10:15.completed by the end of 2014. The Culture Minister has said he
:10:15. > :10:20.would regard it as a catastrophic failure if the valuable Wedgwood
:10:20. > :10:24.Collection of pottery were to be sold off on his watch. Ed Vaizey
:10:24. > :10:28.was speaking on a visit to Stoke on Trent. A legal ruling means the
:10:28. > :10:35.museum's treasures face being sold to meet a pension deficit. Our
:10:35. > :10:38.Staffordshire reporter Liz Copper has the details.
:10:38. > :10:43.The Culture Minister Ed Vaizey had a guided tour of the galleries at
:10:43. > :10:48.the Wedgwood Museum in Barlaston. He was shown some of the 10,000
:10:48. > :10:52.treasures which make up the unique connection. He said it would be a
:10:52. > :10:55.catastrophic failure if this precious collection was broken up.
:10:55. > :10:59.I think it is essential they stay together, it is unarguable, this
:10:59. > :11:02.collection cannot be broken up. It is part of the history of our
:11:02. > :11:07.nation and part of the history of this part of the world. It cannot
:11:07. > :11:12.be broken up and it has to stay here. To ensure it stays in stature,
:11:12. > :11:20.members of the Wedgwood family have begun a campaign. They have
:11:20. > :11:23.welcomed the minister's visit. Having him here is important, it
:11:23. > :11:28.makes sure people are working hard, it puts pressure on people to work
:11:28. > :11:31.out a solution to save this collection forever. In spite of its
:11:31. > :11:35.troubles, the trip -- museum is still open for business. Although
:11:35. > :11:40.these pieces are being valued, they are still on public display. There
:11:40. > :11:46.seems to be a growing consensus, this collection should stay intact
:11:46. > :11:50.and in Staffordshire. But exactly how much money needs to be found
:11:50. > :11:53.and how much will be raised is still unclear. I am glad the
:11:53. > :11:57.Minister agrees with us that the collection need to be preserved as
:11:57. > :12:02.a whole and it should remain here in Staffordshire. What we need to
:12:02. > :12:07.do is roll up our us leave -- sleeves, think about a fund-raising
:12:07. > :12:13.strategy and a future plan for the that. Stage one, work towards the
:12:13. > :12:17.collection, stage two, have a viable business models so as many
:12:17. > :12:20.people as possible can see this is history. A campaign to save these
:12:20. > :12:23.pieces for the nation is now gathering pace.
:12:23. > :12:27.Schools in desperate need of repair are urging the Education Secretary
:12:27. > :12:30.to announce whether they'll get money for rebuilding programmes.
:12:30. > :12:34.Michael Gove had been due to make an announcement in December, but
:12:34. > :12:36.the decision on who will get the funding has been delayed. The BBC's
:12:37. > :12:41.Sunday Politics in the Midlands has discovered that at least forty
:12:41. > :12:43.schools across our region applied for the funding. BBC Coventry and
:12:43. > :12:50.Warwickshire's Political Reporter Sian Grzeszczyk's is here now to
:12:50. > :12:54.tell us more. So what's this money they're all bidding for? It is the
:12:54. > :12:57.replacement for Labour's all buildings calls for the future
:12:57. > :13:02.programme which was scrapped and the coalition came to power. Then
:13:02. > :13:06.you scream -- scheme, the priority schools building programme, is a
:13:07. > :13:09.PFI, there is no clue from the Department of Education as to when
:13:09. > :13:16.these schools will get an answer as to whether they will be rebuilt or
:13:16. > :13:20.not. What sort of states are the school in? I have been to visit one
:13:20. > :13:24.school in the Midlands, it is nearly 60 years old, there ask --
:13:24. > :13:30.cracks in the corridors and mould the carpet. The head teachers told
:13:30. > :13:33.us she is very frustrated. It seems to be taking a very long time and
:13:33. > :13:38.there is not a great deal of clarity about the programme. It is
:13:38. > :13:42.a PFI, should we be paying back public money? I do not know if that
:13:42. > :13:45.is right for our school anyway. We need any building and we have to do
:13:45. > :13:50.something, if that is our only option that is what we will have to
:13:50. > :13:53.do. We have to be realistic, so surely some schools have not got a
:13:53. > :13:58.chance of getting money. Woodland Academy in commentary are not even
:13:58. > :14:02.allowed to apply for the pot of money, because their school is a
:14:02. > :14:05.listed building. They are in a real dire situation. They are an academy
:14:06. > :14:09.and outside of local authority control, so it is up to the head
:14:09. > :14:14.teacher to find the �20 million they need to rebuild the school. He
:14:15. > :14:17.had appointed message for the Education Secretary. We have done
:14:17. > :14:22.everything you might have expected of us, we are not a failing school,
:14:22. > :14:28.we have done what we think we ought to have done and they need to do
:14:28. > :14:33.what they need to do it, provide accommodation that Mr Goh would be
:14:33. > :14:36.happy for his child to be taught in. -- Michael Gove. We have heard from
:14:36. > :14:41.some students from the primary school who have some strong views
:14:41. > :14:44.on it. See that on Sunday. There was an afternoon out of
:14:44. > :14:47.school for two dozen pupils in Birmingham today intended to show
:14:47. > :14:50.them how the police are clamping down on drug crime. They watched as
:14:50. > :14:57.a metal crusher destroyed cars used in drug deals, confiscated from
:14:57. > :15:00.dealers. Giles Latcham reports. Hardly the wheels of choice for a
:15:00. > :15:04.flash and successful drug dealer, these are the low key, day-to-day
:15:04. > :15:10.vehicles used to collect or deliver drugs, now confiscated and turned
:15:10. > :15:13.into a crushing victory from the police. Our street dealers are not
:15:13. > :15:16.driving round in flash motor vehicles, they are driving round in
:15:16. > :15:20.vehicles to blend into the community. So by taking them and
:15:20. > :15:24.visitor -- risibly destroying them, we are sending a positive message
:15:24. > :15:29.to the community. In this part of east Birmingham, the community told
:15:29. > :15:35.the police that they wanted drugs to be a priority by the police. In
:15:36. > :15:38.recent months, they have arrested 35 people as part of the drug
:15:39. > :15:47.fighting operation. This car is about to be turned rather more
:15:47. > :15:52.micro. It was highlighted by the students in local schools, it was
:15:52. > :15:56.the pupils that designed the leaflet to hand around and the name
:15:57. > :16:00.of the project. Pupils from the near by Waverley School worthier --
:16:00. > :16:04.bear to see the school. There is no point in being a drug dealer,
:16:04. > :16:08.because the police are going to catch you. What do you think of the
:16:08. > :16:14.police taking up car of a drug dealer and crashing it? I think it
:16:14. > :16:18.is right, and I think that is a good consequence. Because they are
:16:18. > :16:22.affecting our environment. So they should be punished for that.
:16:22. > :16:25.Discussions are taking place in school and in the community, what
:16:25. > :16:28.they are being told in assembly and what they have seen today, they are
:16:28. > :16:32.passing the words round to each other that drug dealing is not a
:16:32. > :16:37.good thing to do. So far, 30 people suspected of drug dealing in his
:16:37. > :16:39.neighbourhood have been charged and are due before the courts.
:16:39. > :16:43.Ambassadors from more than a dozen countries visited Worcestershire
:16:43. > :16:46.today. They were attending an event designed to showcase the best of
:16:46. > :16:49.what the county has to sell around the world. It's in response to
:16:49. > :16:58.calls for the UK to increase its exports to help generate growth,
:16:58. > :17:04.jobs and rebalance the economy. Our reporter Cath Mackie was there.
:17:04. > :17:12.It was the day the world came to whisper. I represent tie one.
:17:12. > :17:18.Republic of Macedonia. In the air force. Canada. And hereto -- here
:17:18. > :17:26.to charm them were local companies. We were the original English water,
:17:26. > :17:30.let's chat about that. Worcester -- Worcester Bosch hosted the event
:17:30. > :17:35.which was like speed-skating business. How important is that
:17:35. > :17:41.face-to-face contact? Very, because you make that contact and it is
:17:41. > :17:47.more humid -- human. Iconic brands were on show like the Morgan car.
:17:47. > :17:52.Exports from Worcestershire on the increase and this event is to
:17:52. > :17:55.showcase what the the area has to offer. The Chancellor wants to
:17:55. > :17:59.double exports by one trillion pounds by the end of the decade,
:17:59. > :18:03.although manufactures have asked him for more help to do that.
:18:03. > :18:07.Getting foreign companies to look beyond London is seen as a start.
:18:07. > :18:17.The way we will and our way out of the current economic situation is
:18:17. > :18:19.
:18:19. > :18:23.by growth in international trade, - When you work in London, you get
:18:23. > :18:26.the impression that the economy of this country is the finance
:18:26. > :18:32.industry. It is really heartening to see that there is also
:18:32. > :18:36.production going on. And deals are being done. We just got a very nice
:18:36. > :18:40.order from China, it is nice to be reversing the trend of imports from
:18:40. > :18:43.China, now we are exporting. There are many who are hoping that they
:18:43. > :18:45.can persuade the world that Worcestershire is the place to do
:18:45. > :18:48.business. Still to come in tonight's
:18:48. > :18:52.programme: A closer look at life under Spaghetti Junction, and it's
:18:52. > :18:55.all in the name of art. And it seems that all good things
:18:55. > :18:58.must come to an end and after a beautiful and exceptionally warm
:18:58. > :19:08.week, we see a return to cooler and cloudier conditions this weekend.
:19:08. > :19:10.
:19:10. > :19:13.I'll have all the details for you Onto sport now and we start with
:19:13. > :19:16.some shock news from world of football. Dan's here with the
:19:16. > :19:18.details. Yes, desperately sad news from
:19:18. > :19:22.Aston Villa, that their captain Stiliyan Petrov has been diagnosed
:19:22. > :19:25.with acute leukaemia. The 32-year- old who joined Villa in 2006 was
:19:25. > :19:30.sent for tests after developing a fever during last weekend's game at
:19:30. > :19:37.Arsenal. But he was told at lunchtime today that he had
:19:37. > :19:42.leukaemia and has already travelled to London to begin his treatment.
:19:42. > :19:45.It has been a strange day. I was at the manager Alex McLeish's
:19:45. > :19:48.news conference at lunchtime and at that point he thought Petrov was
:19:48. > :19:58.suffering with a virus. An hour later though the club released a
:19:58. > :19:59.
:19:59. > :20:04.statement confirming their captain had leukaemia. He will get the best
:20:04. > :20:09.medical attention possible. I spoke to him about half an hour ago, he
:20:09. > :20:16.is typical Stan, defined, but I think he is concerned about how
:20:16. > :20:21.will it has affected his loved one. What have the fans been saying?
:20:21. > :20:26.A mixture of shock and surprise. A big game but everyone is talking
:20:26. > :20:32.about Stilyan Petrov. I am sorry for his family, is seen so there,
:20:32. > :20:38.best of luck to him. It is devastating, he has been great for
:20:38. > :20:43.the club. I just pray he did recovers from this, it is shocking
:20:43. > :20:47.news, I did not realise until you just told me. How important has he
:20:47. > :20:55.been? Massive, club captain, you cannot get bigger than that, we
:20:55. > :20:57.want him back. And we've also spoken to the former Wolves
:20:57. > :21:01.midfielder Geoff Thomas who you may remember successfully recovered
:21:01. > :21:05.after being diagnosed with leukaemia in 2003. He says, it just
:21:05. > :21:09.takes you back to when you got diagnosed, you think you have a
:21:09. > :21:13.virus. But he said that treatment in this country is excellent.
:21:13. > :21:20.can say is that there are some tremendous people in this country
:21:20. > :21:25.now, they are leaders in the field in rheumatology and blood cancers.
:21:25. > :21:29.Or you can do is put your life in the hands of the professionals, and
:21:29. > :21:36.what I can say, there are so many good people who will be working
:21:36. > :21:46.hard to make sure he get on the road of recovery. We hope he gets
:21:46. > :21:48.
:21:48. > :21:50.better soon, that is the important thing.
:21:50. > :21:53.Worcester rugby club's Premiership status could be assured this
:21:53. > :21:56.evening. If Worcester can win at Leicester, or if Newcastle fail to
:21:56. > :21:59.beat Sale, then they're guaranteed their place in the top tier of
:21:59. > :22:03.English rugby next season. But coach Richard Hill hasn't given up
:22:03. > :22:06.on a top seven finish and that could give them a place in next
:22:06. > :22:08.season's European cup. It was not a reality a while ago, but we have
:22:08. > :22:14.had such a big run since Christmas, bigger wins over Saracens, and a
:22:14. > :22:18.loss as well, suddenly it becomes a possibility. The players get
:22:18. > :22:21.excited because Heineken Cup football was not on the radar, but
:22:21. > :22:24.it is a possibility this year. there'll be full match commentary
:22:24. > :22:30.on the Warriors match against Leicester on BBC Hereford and
:22:30. > :22:34.Worcester from 7:45pm tonight. Our thoughts are very much with
:22:34. > :22:36.Stilyan Petrov and his family tonight.
:22:36. > :22:40.And the fans from all clubs across the West Midlands.
:22:40. > :22:42.Art lovers are being told lie back and think of Brum in a slightly
:22:42. > :22:45.bizarre exhibition to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of Spaghetti
:22:45. > :22:48.Junction. It's all part of an art project called Track which forms
:22:48. > :22:58.part of the city's free Fierce Arts Festival. Ben Sidwell's been
:22:58. > :23:04.
:23:04. > :23:10.It is one of the most famous road junctions in Europe. Every day, one
:23:10. > :23:14.of -- almost 250,000 vehicles pass through here, many people never
:23:14. > :23:19.giving a second thought of what is underneath. This weekend that will
:23:19. > :23:23.change in the name of art. It is kind of like how we might all
:23:23. > :23:28.imagine an out-of-body experience. You are on your back, drifting
:23:28. > :23:34.along. Although it is only 100 metres or so, it feels much longer,
:23:34. > :23:38.and it is almost like being in a dream. Track is the creation of
:23:38. > :23:41.artist Graham Miller. His idea is to take people on a journey where
:23:41. > :23:44.their visual perspective is dramatically changed. I know what
:23:45. > :23:54.you are thinking, what does Spaghetti Junction actually look
:23:55. > :24:00.
:24:00. > :24:05.like the other way around? Why As an artist, I thought one of the
:24:05. > :24:11.things you can do it is a frame things again that already exist. So
:24:11. > :24:14.Track is a way of doing that. It throws the landscape through 90
:24:14. > :24:21.degrees. You have got a radically different view of your world lying
:24:21. > :24:25.on your back. So, Graham, why on earth spaghetti Junction? I have
:24:25. > :24:31.been here underneath before, and I think it is an extraordinary under
:24:31. > :24:40.Bella. Four -- underbelly. It is like an accidental Cathedral, and I
:24:40. > :24:46.like it. Track will be running from tomorrow between 11pm -- 11am and
:24:46. > :24:51.5pm, and it is absolutely free. Fact is sometimes stranger than
:24:51. > :25:00.fiction! Let's have a look at the weather.
:25:00. > :25:05.It is looking cooler for this weekend. We have a lot of cloud
:25:06. > :25:10.behind us, but this week we have had some beautiful weather. Highs
:25:10. > :25:15.of 21 Celsius. For this weekend, it is turning a lot cooler. We have
:25:15. > :25:23.seen 12 -- we will C-class Celsius as a maximum and a lot more cloud
:25:23. > :25:28.around. -- we will seek 12 Celsius. Tonight, we are starting under
:25:28. > :25:32.clear skies, so we will have a few patches of mist and fog forming
:25:32. > :25:37.before the crowd filters in overnight. Some bits and pieces of
:25:37. > :25:42.drizzle by the early hours of tomorrow morning. For tomorrow, we
:25:42. > :25:46.are starting off on a cloudy night, -- cloudy note, and it will stick
:25:46. > :25:52.with us for most of the day and it will feel cooler than it has been
:25:52. > :25:56.through the week. The air is coming from a northerly direction, and a
:25:56. > :26:02.weather front is introducing more cloud. I loved -- a rather grey,
:26:02. > :26:08.damp start. Patchy bits and pieces of drizzle, but it will dry up and
:26:08. > :26:16.we will see a bit of brighter weather edging in from the north by
:26:16. > :26:20.the end of the day. For winds will be light. Overnight on Saturday,
:26:20. > :26:24.the skies clearing, the crowd leaves us and the temperatures will
:26:24. > :26:30.fall very quickly, and much call the night to come. A touch of
:26:30. > :26:38.ground frost. The Sunday -- for Sunday, still under high pressure,
:26:39. > :26:46.After a week of queues on the forecourt, petrol prices from the -
:26:46. > :26:51.- reached record levels, nearly �1.60 per litre at one station.
:26:51. > :26:57.We asked through your comments, on Facebook, it said massive queues at
:26:57. > :27:02.all my local stations, petrels going to �1.43.
:27:02. > :27:09.Queues around Northfield in Birmingham, no fuel and prices up
:27:09. > :27:11.to -- by a few pence per litre. Ordinary unleaded is now �1.48 in
:27:11. > :27:15.Bidford-on-Avon. Profiteering in a crisis.
:27:15. > :27:20.My husband was in a garage yesterday and was told by the
:27:20. > :27:29.cashier that the owner had put up a fully or by five pence per litre.